BILL NUMBER: ACR 20	CHAPTERED  05/03/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   21
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   MAY 3, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   APRIL 29, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 15, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kaloogian and Senator Poochigian  and
Assembly Members Wildman, Papan, and Alquist
   (Principal coauthors:  Assembly Members Villaraigosa and
Hertzberg)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Aroner, Ashburn,
Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Brewer, Briggs, Calderon,
Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen,
Davis, Dickerson, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Floyd, Frusetta,
Gallegos, Granlund, Havice, Honda, House, Jackson, Keeley, Knox,
Kuehl, Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Lowenthal, Machado,
Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano,
Olberg, Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti, Reyes, Romero,
Runner, Scott, Shelley, Soto, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin,
Thomson, Torlakson, Vincent, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wright, and
Zettel)

                        MARCH 3, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 20--Relative to the Armenian
Genocide.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 20, Kaloogian.  Armenian Genocide:  Day of Remembrance.
   This measure would designate April 24, 1999, as "California Day of
Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923, and for the
Victims of the Sumgait Pogroms of 1988 and Baku Riots of 1990."  It
would call upon the people of California to use vigilance to ensure
the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabagh conflict while
protecting the security of the Armenians in the Republic of Nagorno
Karabagh.




   WHEREAS, The Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 was the first genocide
of the 20th century, in which 1.5 million men, women, and children
lost their lives at the hands of the Turkish Ottoman Empire; and
   WHEREAS, During the seven decades of the USSR's existence, the
government of Soviet Azerbaijan conducted a systematic policy of
removal of Karabagh Armenians from their historic homeland; and
   WHEREAS, Armenians in Azerbaijan fell victims to the Sumgait
Pogroms in 1988 resulting in 72 deaths, the Baku anti-Armenian riots
in 1990 resulting in 68 Armenian deaths, and the mass deportations of
350,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan; and
   WHEREAS, Recognition of these instances of man's inhumanity to man
is crucial to ensuring against the repetition of genocide and
provides the American public with a greater understanding of its
heritage; and
   WHEREAS, Armenians in the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh remain at
risk of yet another genocide until the time when a peaceful
resolution to the Nagorno Karabagh conflict is reached that
guarantees the freedom and security for these people while supporting
their right to self-determination; and
   WHEREAS, Despite the abundance of overwhelming and convincing
evidence, the government of Turkey persists in denying the occurrence
of the Armenian Genocide; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to the largest Armenian-American
population in the United States, and Armenians living in California
have enriched our state through their leadership in business,
agriculture, academia, government, and the arts; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby designates April 24, 1999, as "California Day of Remembrance
for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923, and for the Victims of the
Sumgait Pogroms of 1988 and Baku Riots of 1990"; and be it further
   Resolved, That the people of California are called upon to use
vigilance to ensure the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabagh
conflict while protecting the security of the Armenians in the
Republic of Nagorno Karabagh; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Governor and to the Armenian Genocide
Commemorative Committee.
